Railway coupling by country

Listed below are railway couplers as used on historic and modern industrial, mainline, mining, narrow gauge, plantation and transit railways.

Couplers are often known by more than one name. Compromise couplers or cars are used to transition between coupler types.

Coupler types

Main article: Railway coupling

Africa

Algeria Algeria

Angola Angola

Benin Benin

Burkina Faso Burkina Faso & Côte d'Ivoire

Cameroon Cameroon

Republic of the Congo Congo~Brazzaville

Democratic Republic of the CongoDemocratic Republic of the Congo

Egypt Egypt

Eritrea Eritrea

Ethiopia Ethiopia

Gabon Gabon

Ghana Ghana

Liberia Liberia (Bong)

Malawi Malawi

Mali Mali

Mauritania Mauritania

Morocco Morocco

Mozambique Mozambique

Nigeria Nigeria

Senegal Senegal

South Africa South Africa

Sudan Sudan

Tanzania Tanzania

Togo Togo

Tunisia Tunisia

Asia

Bangladesh Bangladesh

Cambodia Cambodia

China China

India India

Indonesia Indonesia

Iran Iran

Iraq Iraq

Israel Israel

Japan Japan

Malaysia Malaysia

Russia Russia

South Korea South Korea

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka

Thailand Thailand

Vietnam Vietnam

Australia and New Zealand

Australia Australia

New Zealand New Zealand

Europe

Austria Austria

Finland Finland

France France

Germany Germany

Greece Greece

Hungary Hungary

Italy Italy

Netherlands Netherlands

Norway Norway

Poland Poland

Romania Romania

Russia Russia

Spain Spain

Sweden Sweden

Switzerland Switzerland

Turkey Turkey

Ukraine Ukraine

United Kingdom United Kingdom

North and Central America

Canada Canada

Mexico Mexico

United States United States

South America

Argentina Argentina

Brazil Brazil

Chile Chile

Paraguay Paraguay

Uruguay Uruguay

Gallery

See also

References

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  2. ABC Couplers
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  16. Locopage
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  20. Jane's World Railways 1969/1970 pp 594/595
  21. http://www.ajg41.clara.co.uk/iraq/links.html
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